10 April 2013

it's all about ... the (immature) White-bellied Sea Eagle

one of several coal-ships waiting their turn in queue to enter Newcastle harbour; way out on the horizon.

Walked on up to Pelican Point to see if there were wader birds about and yes, there was.

Looked to the skies on the return walk and WOW, a White-bellied Sea Eagle just made my day!

Can you see it's holding onto something? I actually saw this come falling to the sand-hills...

and I really wanted to go check it out but didn't want to miss taking as many shots as I could, while I could. Who was to say if any would turn out at all?

ooops, looking like it's starting to lose a grip at this stage

yikes - don't think for a minute you're going to pick me up!

phew

By the time I got down near the surf club to walk back uphill to the carpark, I glanced back. Now the White-bellied Sea Eagle had a mate. It was beautiful to see but sooo far away; still, one last parting shot for you.

Late addition: for those of you who can tell what a wedge-tail eagle looks like; please consider this comment emailed to me. Does anyone else also have ID feedback for me? I may well have to change the title to this post!" altho
the tail looks very 'wedgie' i think your bird is actually an immature sea
eagle from the coffee coloured brown and the whiteness of the tail feathers"Also, added to this was then Richard Waring's posted comment, in part it reads, "I am fairly sure this is an immature WBSE not a
WTE", so thank you to you both, I have now changed the title to suit your suggested identifications.

To be in that beautiful setting of sand and sea and watch an eagle would have been a wonderful experience. I don't know how you kept your cool. I'm not sure I could have. You got some great flight shots!

Wow....I am in total awe of your photography. Super images of the in flight of the eagle. Just plain wow.

PS...I'm not sure but when I clicked on your link at the WBW hub, the link took me directly back to WBW instead of your blog post?!! Some glitch...[just saying in case you may want to go back and re-add another link]

Hi Carole...Wow that is a biggy your eagle, and the shot's are fantastic!Love seeing birds in flight with the wings full out and soaring!!Love the coastline photos too, very lovely looking there!!Grace

Thanks for dropping in and leaving a comment. Lovely to see you - I love your current blog photo.

Those sea eagles are so handsome and your photos are wonderful. That televerter of yours is great quality and gives good definition. I sometimes carry a monopod with me. It's not as heavy or cumbersome as a tripod but gives just a bit of stability for those long shots.

Great shots of the sea and the eagle. I love this meme for the great help we get in identification both from Stewart as well as other knowledgable sources. Isn't it amazing how many Pelican Points there are in Australia?

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resident Lake Macquarie region, east coast Australia. Capturing the bird in a photograph as my record shot, is addictive! Using Sony DSC-HX-300.
p.s. There's also Snap Happy Online too, where I'll be sharing all the other interesting things I see when out and about. Scenery, locations, nature, botanical etc.